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Agricultural Commodities: June Quarter 2013

Saturday June 1, 2013

The total value of Australian agricultural, fisheries and forestry exports is forecast to be around $39.3 billion in 2013-14, 2.6 per cent lower than the estimated $40.3 billion in 2012-13.

Farm export earnings are forecast to decline by 3.2 per cent in 2013-14 to $35.8 billion, following an estimated increase of 1.9 per cent in 2012-13 to $37 billion.

Although marginally lower than in 2012-13, farm export earnings in 2013-14 are forecast to be around 16.3 per cent higher than the average of $30.8 billion in nominal terms recorded over the five years to 2011-12.

Export earnings from crops are forecast to decline by 6.5 per cent in 2013-14 to around $20.7 billion, following an estimated rise of 2.7 per cent in 2012-13.

Export earnings from livestock and livestock products are forecast to increase by 1.7 per cent in 2013-14 to $15.1 billion, after increasing by an estimated 0.6 per cent in 2012-13.

Export earnings from forest products are forecast to increase by 6.3 per cent to $2.2 billion in 2013-14, following an estimated decline of 5.5 per cent to $2.1 billion in 2012-13.

Export earnings from fisheries products are forecast to remain largely unchanged at around $1.2 billion in 2013-14, following an estimated decline of 3.7 per cent in 2012-13.

The gross value of farm production is forecast to increase by 1.0 per cent in 2013-14 to $47.7 billion, after declining by an estimated 1.5 per cent to $47.3 billion in 2012-13.

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